Previous GeneCards Identifiers for UGDH Gene

Summaries for UGDH Gene

Entrez Gene Summary for UGDH Gene

The protein encoded by this gene converts UDP-glucose to UDP-glucuronate and thereby participates in the biosynthesis of glycosaminoglycans such as hyaluronan, chondroitin sulfate, and heparan sulfate. These glycosylated compounds are common components of the extracellular matrix and likely play roles in signal transduction, cell migration, and cancer growth and metastasis. The expression of this gene is up-regulated by transforming growth factor beta and down-regulated by hypoxia. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.[provided by RefSeq, May 2010]

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Molecular function for UGDH Gene

GENATLAS Biochemistry:

UDP-glucose dehydrogenase,converting UDP-glucose to UDP-glucuronate,involved in normal cell proliferation and migration,upregulated by androgens,playing a potentially important role in the control of sex steroid inactivation via glucuronidation in breast cancer cells